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Nana (Coll. Diamant)
by Emile ZolaNana is the story of Nana Coupeau's rise from street prostitute to high-class escort. Emile Zola's classic novel depicts a woman who starts off with nothing but uses her body and sensual skills to rise from the gutter to the top of society, destroying every man who wants her along the way.
The Complete Novels of Jane Austen: Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility and others
by Jane AustenThis special ebook edition includes all of novels written by one of the most beloved authors of all time, Jane Austen: Love and Friendship and Other Early Works, Lady Susan, Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park, Emma, Northanger Abbey, and Persuasion.
The Complete Novels of Charlotte Brontë: Jane Eyre, Shirley, Villette, and The Professor
by Charlotte BrontëThis special ebook edition includes all of the novels written by Charlotte Bronte, one of the most recognized and remarkable authors of the nineteenth century: Jane Eyre, Shirley, Villette, and The Professor.
The Complete Novels of the Bronte Sisters
by Anne Brontë Charlotte Brontë Emily BrontëThis special ebook edition includes all of the Bronte sisters' published works: Agnes Grey, and The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Bronte, Jane Eyre, Shirley, Villette, and The Professor by Charlotte Bronte, and Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte.
Selected Novels of Edith Wharton
by Edith WhartonThis special ebook edition includes four of Edith Wharton's best-known novels: The Age of Innocence, The House of Mirth, Ethan Frome, and Madame de Treymes.
La Cabaña: Donde la Tragedia Se Encuentra Con la Eternidad
by Wm. Paul YoungAfter his daughter's murder, a grieving father confronts God with desperate questions -- and finds unexpected answers -- in this riveting and deeply moving #1 NYT bestseller.When Mackenzie Allen Phillips's youngest daughter Missy is abducted during a family vacation, he remains hopeful that she'll return home. But then, he discovers evidence that she may have been brutally murdered in an abandoned shack deep in the Oregon wilderness.Four years later, in this midst of his great sadness, Mack receives a suspicious note that's supposedly from God, inviting him back to that shack for a weekend. Against his better judgment, he arrives on a wintry afternoon and walks back into his darkest nightmare. What he finds there will change his life forever.
Ghostly Apparitions: German Idealism, the Gothic Novel, and Optical Media (Zone Bks.)
by Stefan AndriopoulosDrawing together literature, media, and philosophy, Ghostly Apparitions provides a new model for media archaeology and its transformation of intellectual and literary history. Stefan Andriopoulos examines new media technologies and distinct cultural realms, tracing connections between Kant’s philosophy and the magic lantern’s phantasmagoria, the Gothic novel and print culture, and spiritualist research and the invention of television.As Kant was writing about the possibility of spiritual apparitions, the emerging medium of the phantasmagoria used hidden magic lanterns to startle audiences with ghostly projections. Andriopoulos juxtaposes the philosophical arguments of German idealism with contemporaneous occultism and ghost shows. In close readings of Kant, Hegel, and Schopenhauer, he traces the diverging modes in which these authors appropriated figures of optical media and spiritualist notions.The spectral apparitions from this period also intersect with the rise of popular print culture. Andriopoulos explores the circulation of ostensibly authentic ghost narratives and the Gothic novel, which was said to produce “reading addiction” and a loss of reality. Romantic representations of animal magnetism and clairvoyance similarly blurred the boundary between fiction and reality.The final chapter of Ghostly Apparitions extends this archaeology of new media into the early twentieth century. Tracing a reciprocal inter_action between occultism and engineering, Andriopoulos uncovers how theories and devices of psychical research enabled the emergence of television.
Granted
by Michelle MerrillMichelle Merrill&’s Granted imagines a world where genies like Brielle live secretly among humans. Merrill packs adventure, mystery, romance, and friendship into this coming-of-age young adult fantasy tale.
Pwned
by Shannen Crane CampThis modern high school romance finds Reagan struggling to choose between her two personas: evil cheerleader or closet gamer. Nerd, prep, jock, geek—no matter what your secret identity, there&’s something for you in Pwned.
That Girl, Darcy
by James RamosJames Ramos adds a quirky new spin to a beloved classic in his modern, gender-swapped retelling of Pride and Prejudice. Fans will feel they are meeting their favorite characters for the first time as they encounter new laughs, endless high school drama, and a timeless romance with a twist.
The Stone Bearers
by Jacque StevensIn a fantastic world of magic and mythical creatures, fifteen-year-old Ashira desperately seeks to add some excitement and romance to her dull destiny. Fans of fairy tales and Greek mythology will love Jacque Stevens&’s The Stone Bearers.
Nacho Figueras presents: High Season (The Polo Season #1)
by Nacho Figueras Jessica WhitmanNacho Figueras gallops into the world of scandal and seduction with his new series set in the glamorous, treacherous world of high-stakes polo.The naughty novel seems a dead cert to go down well... Ladies, get your reading specs on. - The TimesGeorgia Fellowes never wanted to be a jetsetter, plain old country vet was fine for her. But one call from her best friend and the next thing she knows she's surrounded by the glitz and glamour of the elite polo world - complete with gorgeous thoroughbreds, and even more gorgeous men!Alejandro Del Campo desperately needs his team to win the season's biggest tournament. He doesn't need some feisty vet telling him how to run his business - and distracting him at every turn.Can Georgia and Alejandro work together for the future of the team, and perhaps find a future for themselves?
Nacho Figueras presents: Wild One (The Polo Season #2)
by Nacho Figueras Jessica WhitmanDon't miss this sizzling novel where pursuing passions leads to high-stakes gambles in life - and love.When Kat Parker goes from Hollywood director to failure overnight she slinks home to Florida to lick her wounds.Kat knows she can write another hit... if only she can find the right story. What she finds instead is the gorgeous Sebastian Del Campo, who's just as well known for his tabloid exploits as he is for his prowess on the polo field.For Sebastian, everything in life has come easily - wealth, sports, women. But the perennial party life is starting to feel stale.As Sebastian tells Kat stories of his grandmother Victoria, Kat's inspiration fires and soon the pair are working together on a film that could make or break both of their careers. And though the chemistry between the two is building, the film's irresistible star has other ideas...
To Capture What We Cannot Keep: A Novel
by Beatrice ColinBased on one of the two engineers working for Gustave Eiffel to design the tower for the World Fair of 1889.In February 1887, Caitriona Wallace and Émile Nouguier meet in a hot air balloon, floating high above Paris - a moment of pure possibility. But back on firm ground, their vastly different social strata become clear. Cait is a widow who because of her precarious financial situation is forced to chaperone two wealthy Scottish charges. Émile is expected to take on the bourgeois stability of his family's business and choose a suitable wife. As the Eiffel Tower rises, a marvel of steel and air and light, the subject of extreme controversy and a symbol of the future, Cait and Émile must decide what their love is worth.Seamlessly weaving historical detail and vivid invention, Beatrice Colin evokes the revolutionary time in which Cait and Émile live - one of corsets and secret trysts, duels and Bohemian independence, strict tradition and Impressionist experimentation. To Capture What We Cannot Keep, stylish, provocative and shimmering, raises probing questions about a woman's place in that world, the overarching reach of class distinctions and the sacrifices love requires of us all.Winter in 19th-century Paris is wonderfully evoked and Beatrice Colin's prose is suitably mesmerising for this rather beautiful love story. - The Times
Our Tiny, Useless Hearts
by Toni Jordan'Witty, observant, laugh-out-loud funny. It's rare to find a novel that keeps you laughing as this one does; the characters are sharply drawn and frighteningly familiar and the story never stops throwing up surprises. I loved it.' - Graeme Simsion, author of The Rosie ProjectHenry has ended his marriage to Caroline and run off with his daughter's teacher, Martha. Caroline, having shredded a wardrobe-full of Henry's suits, has gone after them.Craig and Lesley have dropped over from next door to catch up on the fallout from Henry and Caroline's all-night row.And Janice, Caroline's sister, is staying for the weekend to look after the children because Janice is the sensible one. Then Craig enters through the bedroom window expecting a tryst with Caroline and finds Janice instead, Lesley storms in full of threats, Henry, Caroline and Martha arrive back from the airport in separate taxis - and let's not even get started on Brendan the pizza guy.Janice can cope with all that. But when her ex-husband Alec knocks on the door things suddenly get complicated...'A new Toni Jordan is always a special pleasure and her latest is a wonderful, witty treat of a novel: cutting and clever, and yet so very romantic, as though P.G. Wodehouse had satirised life in the suburbs.' - Liane Moriarty, author of The Husband's Secret
Last Night at the Lobster
by Stewart O'Nan'A book that embodies what's best in us.' - Stephen KingWashington Post Best Book of the Year,2017 San Francisco Chronicle Best Book of the Year, 2017Entertainment Weekly Best Book of the Year,2017The Red Lobster chain restaurant perched in the far corner of a run-down American mall hasn't been making its numbers and has pulled the plug. But manager Manny DeLeon still needs to navigate a tricky last shift with a near-mutinous staff and the final onslaught of hungry retirees, lunatics, and office parties. All the while, Manny wondering how to handle the waitress he's still in love with, what to do about his pregnant girlfriend, and how to find the Christmas present that will make everything better.Stewart O'Nan has been called 'the bard of the working class', and Last Night at the Lobster is a American cult classic and a masterpiece of precision and empathy.
Nacho Figueras presents: Ride Free (The Polo Season #3)
by Nacho Figueras Jessica WhitmanAntonia 'Noni' Black has always known her place in the Del Campo family - the illegitimate daughter. And it will take a lot more than her skill with horses to truly belong within the wealthy polo dynasty. Enzo Rivas knows Noni is way out of his league. After all, he's the stablemaster, and she's the boss's sister. But he can't ignore the hurt in her eyes and he can no longer deny the electric tension jumping between them. Just when Enzo is ready to risk it all and change their relationship forever - showing her exactly how it feels to be safe, to be free, to be loved - a secret from Noni's past makes him question everything he thought he knew about her...
Wonderful Feels Like This
by Sara LövestamA feel-good story of an unconventional friendship between an old retired jazz musician and a young girl who is trying to find her place in the world.What can a bullied teenager learn from an old man spending his days in a retirement home? For a start, she'll learn that it ain't got a thing, if it ain't got that swing...Passing by a retirement home on her way from yet another awful day at school, she hears a familiar song playing through an open window. An old man is playing her musical idol Povel Ramel - a quirky jazz musician from the 1940s - and it sparks a new stage of her life. The man's name is Alvar and just like Steffi, he has a huge interest in music.Before long he starts telling her his story. In his youth, as the Second World War tore across Europe, he travelled to Stockholm. Young, innocent and quite naive, Alvar began his life in the big city, struggling to become a famous jazz musician. Or at least someone who was in a band. Or at the very least someone who could dance the jitterbug and talk to girls.Intrigued and inspired by Alvar's story, Steffi spends more and more time at the retirement home, learning about jazz and forgetting about school. She begins to realize that she doesn't have to be the Steffi other people know; instead, as Alvar did, she can recreate herself through music.
Ivanhoe: A Romance
by Walter ScottIvanhoe is a historical novel by Sir Walter Scott, first published in 1820. Ivanhoe is set in 12th-century England, with colourful descriptions of a tournament, outlaws, a witch trial and divisions between Jews and Christians. When Ivanhoe is disinherited by his nobleman father, he sets off to restore his place in the world and reclaim the hand of his beloved Lady Rowena. Ivanhoe has been credited for increasing interest in romance and medievalism. It has also had an important influence on popular perceptions of Robin Hood, Richard the Lionheart and King John.
Lorna Doone: A Romance Of Exmoor, Volume 1
by R. L. BlackmoreJohn Ridd has worked hard to build a respectable life as a farmer when he falls in love with Lorna Doone, a member of the clan responsible for the death of his father. Desperate to save his love from Carver, to whom she's betrothed, John helps Lorna escape, only to uncover the truth about her parentage, which changes everything for them both.
A Lover's Complaint: A Poem
by William ShakespeareA young woman tells of her seduction and abandonment by a young man who proves to be unworthy of her charm and beauty. After a scene-setting introduction, the poem takes the form of a lengthy speech by the abandoned young woman, including a speech within her speech, as she recounts the words by which she was seduced.
Oroonoko: Or, The Royal Slave (Timeless Classics Series)
by Aphra BehnThe African prince Oroonoko and his beloved, Imoinda, find themselves betrayed and Imoinda sold into slavery after Oroonoko's grandfather, the king, also falls in love with the beautiful woman. Although they are eventually reunited, events conspire against Oroonoko and Imoinda, and the pair is again tragically separated—this time by Oroonoko's own hand.Published shortly before author Aphra Behn's death, Oroonoko is considered to be one of the first English novels to be published, and is often recognized as a critique of slavery.Be it mystery, romance, drama, comedy, politics, or history, great literature stands the test of time. ClassicJoe proudly brings literary classics to today's digital readers, connecting those who love to read with authors whose work continues to get people talking. Look for other fiction and non-fiction classics from ClassicJoe.
The Rainbow Trail: Sequel To Riders Of The Purple Sage
by Zane GreyTen years after escaping to freedom, Jane Withersteen is faced with a horrific choice—saving the life of Lassister, her true love, or seeing her adopted daughter, Fay, joined in marriage to a Mormon.When Fay is abducted by the local Mormon sect, her salvation lays in the hands of John Shefford, a cowboy hoping to make a new life for himself.Be it mystery, romance, drama, comedy, politics, or history, great literature stands the test of time. ClassicJoe proudly brings literary classics to today's digital readers, connecting those who love to read with authors whose work continues to get people talking. Look for other fiction and non-fiction classics from ClassicJoe.
Belinda
by Maria EdgeworthWhen Belinda Portman, a sheltered young woman, is sent to live with the worldly and charming Lady Delacour, their blossoming friendship is quickly tested by the lady's paranoia and jealously. And when Belinda departs to live with the Percival family, the rift between the two women seems irreparable. But when Lady Delacour, believing herself terminally ill, calls for Belinda's companionship, the young woman sets her own feelings aside and returns to reconcile with her former friend.